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It’s a ‘mess,’ says AccuWeather

AccuWeather boils down the weather situation pretty succinctly, it’s a mess all over.

AccuWeather.com reports another winter storm is blasting through the Midwest and Northeast, following quickly on the heels of Monday’s weather mess.

Roads are a mess and travel is difficult at best from Chicago to as far eastward as Boston.

More than 6 inches of snow fell over portions of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Northeastern Pennsylvania to southern New Hampshire could receive more than a foot of snow.

On the edge of the heaviest amounts, a wintry mix will cause slick, icy roadways.

“The heaviest rate of precipitation will occur early Wednesday morning over the central Appalachians and New England,” Sosnowski said.

For the full story, read “Midweek Winter Storm to Sock More Than Two Dozen States.”

7:45 p.m. CST Tuesday: Snowing near Toledo, Ohio, on U.S. Route 20. Webcam from the OhioDOT.

7:25 p.m. CST Tuesday: Entergy Arkansas reports widespread and extensive ice-related damage with downed power lines, broken poles in back yards and city streets and collapsed cross-arms across the area.

6:20 p.m. CST Tuesday: Snow, sleet and fog reported at Cincinnati, including this stretch of I-71 as shown on an OhioDOT webcam.

6:00 p.m. CST Tuesday: 13 inches of snow had fallen at Enterprise, Kan., the fire company there reported.

5:45 p.m. CST Tuesday: The Pennsylvania Turnpike continues to operate under a Winter Weather Warning with travelers urged to reduce their speeds and to keep alert for changing travel conditions and emergency crews working on the roadway.

4:00 p.m. CST Tuesday: Missouri Department of Transportation and public works crews are unable to keep up with the roadways, according to the Boone County Office of Emergency Management Twitter feed.

3:40 p.m. CST Tuesday: Snowfall will fall at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour this evening from Indianapolis through Dayton and Columbus, creating treacherous travel, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Brian Edwards said. Precipitation will initially begin as snow begin in Louisville and Cincinnati before transitioning to a significant ice storm with freezing rain rates of 1 to 2 tenths of an inch per hour.

3:25 p.m. CST Tuesday: Motorists are to use “caution” or “extreme caution” on Nebraska highways, including I-80 at Grand Island, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads.

3:20 p.m. CST Tuesday: More than 1,000 Ameren Missouri power customers were without service, the utility said.

3:15 p.m. CST Tuesday: Power outages with up to a third of an inch of ice reported in Stewart County, Tenn., by the county’s emergency management agency.

3:05 p.m. CST Tuesday: Snow-covered roads reported in Missouri, including this stretch of I-70 near Blackwater, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

3:00 p.m. CST Tuesday: Three inches of snow, 2.5 inches in the last two hours, in Dix, Ill., an NWS spotter reported.

2:45 p.m. CST Tuesday: Ten inches of snow had fallen in Mount Hope, Kan., a cooperative observer reported to the National Weather Service.

2:40 p.m. CST Tuesday: Ice storm reported in Weakley County, Tenn., with 0.50 of an inch of ice. Power lines and trees are down with widespread power outages, the county’s emergency management agency reported.

2:30 p.m. CST Tuesday: Vehicle crashes and motorist assists continue to grow in Kansas, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

2:15 p.m. CST Tuesday: About 36,000 Entergy Arkansas customers were without power, and another 3,200 First Electric Cooperative customers lost service, the utilities said.

1:20 p.m. CST Tuesday: Conditions are already deteriorating across portions of western Illinois. Roads near Quincy and Springfield are now covered in snow and ice, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

12:45 p.m. CST Tuesday: Freezing rain falling near the border of Oklahoma and Arkansas in Spiro, Okla., according to local law enforcement.

12:20 p.m. CST Tuesday:

11:45 a.m. CST Tuesday: Large tree downed across one lane of Highway 161 in McAlmont, Ark., according to the NWS.

11:35 a.m. CST Tuesday: US Highway 64 is blocked through Augusta, Ark., due to downed power lines, local law enforcement reports.

11:30 a.m. CST Tuesday: A trained spotter reports major tree damage due to accumulating ice in Conway County, Ark. Tree limbs are littering the ground and power lines are coated with very thick ice.

11:15 a.m. CST Tuesday: Heavy snow falling in Sedgwick County, Kan., with 7.0 inches already on the ground, according to a trained observer. Visibility is below one-tenth of a mile.

10:10 a.m. CST Tuesday:One-tenth of an inch of Ice has accumulated on trees throughout Howard County, Ark., local law enforcement reports. Downed tree limbs and isolated power outages are resulting.

10:03 a.m. CST Tuesday: Heavy icing is occurring across portions of Arkansas. A trained spotter reports 0.25 of an inch accumulation in Conway County, Ark.

9:49 a.m. CST Tuesday: Bridge operator for the Department of Highways in Kansas reports 5.5 inches of snow in the far northwest portion of Marion County, with visibility down to one-quarter of a mile.

9:45 a.m. CST Tuesday: As many as 6 inches of snow have accumulated across parts of Kansas this morning. Very heavy snow rates are falling across central and eastern portions of the state.